Advice to Relief yourself of some
Pretensions:
Accept the actors of your generations
as better performers than you are. This is hard to do, but
fundamental to evaluating yourself in the sexual selection ranking of evolution
and society. First realize that the likes of Charlie Sheen and
Kiefer Sutherland are likely your age or older. You will not suddenly be
discovered like Johnny Depp while working in the 7-11 and launch a fabulous career
as the movie star that defines your generation. You may get a part as an
extra in one of Steven Spielberg’s future epics if you are willing to go to a
cheesy talent agency with statues of the Venus de Milo on a chess board tile
floor. No your are not in the wrong spot – they don’t do hair
here. Sign up way in advance and provide a decent 8 by 10. Be
prepared to move in a herd on set like a herd of cows and wait long hours while
playing cards with endless people who will terrify your better judgement with
tall tales of their imminent fame.
You may indeed be better looking than
C. Sheen and K. Sutherland, but you don’t have the head start of their
Hollywood family connections. If you had the talent of Johnny Depp you
would have already been encouraged further in the business. It is true
that some people’s talent is hidden and spring forth later in life. I
suggest as a first step to test these waters of artistic potential that you
take the drawing test from the television
show.